Question

I need to add up two numbers input by the user. To do that, I create two input fields, retrieve values from them , using .val(), in two separate variables and then add them. The problem is that the strings are added and not the numbers. For eg. 2 + 3 becomes 23 and not 5. please suggest what to do, except using type = number in the input boxes.

Answer 1

You can use parseInt(…)

Example:

var num = parseInt("2", 10) + parseInt("3", 10);
// num == 5